Josh Gad, Cloris Leachman, Ariel Winter Set To Present Annie Awards

Josh Gad, Cloris Leachman, Ariel Winter Set To Present Annie Awards

Animation Scoop will be live streaming the Annie Awards presentation at UCLA’s Royce Hall beginning at 7pm PST. Patrick Warburton is set to host and he will be joined on stage by a great mix of animation luminaries, celebrity presenters and comedic talent.

The Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award stands as one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry, in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation. This year’s Winsor McCay recipients are Katsuhiro
Otomo (Akira), Steven Spielberg and Phil Tippett. Mr. Otomo and Mr. Tippett will appear in person; Mr. Spielberg will also appear via satellite.

Other special presentations will include The June Foray Award to be
presented to Alice Davis; and the Ub Iwerks Award will be presented to
Dragonframe. The Special Achievement
award will be presented to the CTN Expo – and Certificate of
Merit to the documentary I Know That Voice.

VIP Tickets are sold out, but General Admission
tickets ($30) for the ceremony only can be
purchased directly through the UCLA Ticket Box office at 310.825.2101 or online
at www.uclalive.org or www.ticketmaster.com. For up-to-the minute details on the 41st Annual
Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org. For Media inquiries, please contact Gretchen
Houser, Houser PR at Gretchen@houserpr.com.

Follow the event live, right here on Animation Scoop. Live streaming begins Saturday night, February 1st at 7 p.m. PST.